As Frank Rich wrote in his review of the musical: “It may be possible to have a terrible time at ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ but you'll have to work at it.” So why work? Relish the production’s lush and lavish sets and costumes (230, to be exact), and allow yourself to be swept away and enchanted by the music of the night at The Phantom of the Opera in New York.
(Just try not to leave the theatre singing “Beware, the Phantom of the Opera” or “Think of me, think of me fondly…”)īased on the French novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway won seven Tony Awards in 1988, including Best Musical and Best Director for Harold Prince.
The show features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and a book by Webber and Stilgoe. The The Phantom of the Opera musical is the longest running show on Broadway and the most successful production, both in terms of generating profit and creating jobs, in U.S. Get The Phantom of the Opera tickets on TodayTix. What’s not to love? Nothing, obviously, as more than 140 million people have seen Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece in 45 countries. Average ticket price for Phantom last week was about $83, a bargain compared to the average prices commanded by such musicals as Funny Girl ($175), Hamilton ($197), Into the Woods ($112) and MJ ($152), among others.A haunted theater. 11, the most recent figure available – receipts for the long-running show could be as low as half (or less) of what could be earned at the Majestic, and certainly lag behind more recent musicals such as Hamilton, Into The Woods, MJ, Moulin Rouge! and Six, and even behind other Broadway stalwarts as The Lion King and Wicked. While the musical still grosses hundreds of thousands of dollars per week – $867,997 for the week ending Sept. Reported estimates of the Broadway productions grosses over the years exceed $1 billion.Īmong its trove of Tony Awards in 1988 were Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Crawford), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Judy Kaye), Best Direction of a Musical (Harold Prince), Best Scenic and Costume designs (Maria Björnson) and Best Lighting Design (Andrew Bridge). Among the records set by the musical over the years is first Broadway production to hit 10,000 performances (in 2012). The musical made stars of, or at least cemented the theater legacy, of stars Michael Crawford, as the Phantom, and Webber’s then-wife Sarah Brightman as Christine. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group, Phantom opened in London’s West End in 1986 and, two years later, on Broadway, with direction by Harold Prince. The musical has long played at the Shubert Organization’s Majestic Theatre. Michael Jackson Musical 'MJ' Announces London Production
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